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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-03-10

The Funeral,

i was walking in Savannah, past n church de-
cayed and dim,
When there slowly through the window came
plaIntive funeral hymn;
And sympathy awakened, and wonder
quickly grew.
Till found myself environcd In a little negro
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Out Mt front colored couple sat in sorrow,
nearly wild;
On the altar WAS a cofiin, in the coffin was
child.
could picture him when liYing-curly hair,
protruding lip
And had seen perhaps a thousand in my hur-
ried Southern "Trip.
But no baby ever rested in the soothing arms
of death
That had tanned more flames of SORROW with
his little fuitcring breath;
And no funeral ever giistencd with more SYM
pathy profound
Than was in the chain of teardrops that en-
ciasped those mourners round.
Rose sad Old colored preacher at the little
wooden desk
With n manner grandly awkward with q coun,
tcnancc grotesquc;
With simplicity and shrewdness on his Ethio-
plan face;
With the Ignorance and wisdom of n crushed,
undying race.
And he ssid: Now dom be weepIn' for dis
pretty bit a. clay
For de little boy who lived here, he done gone
an run awayi
He was doin' very finely, an he 'preciate your
love;
But his sure 'nuff Father want him in de largo
house above.
''Now lie didn' give you dat baby, by hum
dred thousand mile;
He just think you need sor,e sunshine, an
He lent il for awhilei
An He let you keep an love it till your hearts
was bigger grown:
An desc silver tears you're sheddin's just de
interest on de loan.
"Here yer oder pretty chilruni-don't be
maxim 1t appear
Dat your lcyc got sort o 'nopolizcd by dis ht-
tie fellow here:
Don't Pile up too much your sorrow on deir
little mental selves,
Sos TO kind o set 'em wOnderin' If dey're no
account dcmse.yes.
"Just you think. you poor deah mounahs,
creepln' long DER sorrows way,
What blessed little picnic dis yer baby's got
to-day!
Your good faders and good moders crowd de
little fellow round
IN de angel-tendcd garden OF de Big Plantar
ton Ground.
"a n dey ask him. Was your feet sorcT an
take Oft his little shoes,
An dey wash him. an dey kiss him, an dey
say: Now what's dc newsT
an ue LIWu uOlle cut LIS tOiSuc iOOScs ueu
de little fellow say:
AN our folks down in de valley tries to keep
de hebbenly way
IAN his eyes dey brightly sparkle at dc pret-
ty things he view:
Den a tear come, an he whisper: But want
my paryents, too!
But de Angel Chief Musician teach dat boy .
little song;
Says: IF only dey bc faithful dey will soon
be comm long,
r.::SS-s-t ST.
"An' he'll get an education dat will proberbly
be worth
Seberal times as much as any you could buy
FOR him on earth:
He'll be in dc LawdS big schoolhouse, widout
no contempt or fear;
While dere's no end to do bad tings might
have happened to him here.
80 my pooah, detected mounahs, let your
hearts wild Jesus rest,
An don't go criticism dar ar One wat knows
de bcsti
He have sent us many comforts-He have
right TO take away
To de Lawd be praise an glory now and everI
Let us pray"
Will Carleton In Harpcr's Weekly,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-03-10

me of Dyspepsia when all other remedies
failed, and their occasional use has kept
me in healthy condition ever since
L. n. Smith, Utica, n. Y, writes: ~
have used Ayers Pills, for Liver troubles
and Indigestion, good many years, and
have always found them prompt and
efficient in their action" Richard Norris,
Lynn, Mass, writes: 'After much suffer-
ing, have been cured Of Dyspepsia and
Liver troubles
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-03-10
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not decayed or absorbed, will cause new
growth on bald heads.
ET " the youthful color and vigor
MAY of the hair be preserved to old
age: Read the following, from HRS. G.
Norton, Somerville, Mass: 81 have used
Ayers Hair vigor for the past so years;
and, although ! am upwards OF 60, my
hair is rs abundant and glossy to-day ss
when was 25."
rH assured, that a trial OF Ayers Hair
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writes: "Two years ago, my h.ir having
almost entirely fallen out, 1 commenced
the use of Ayers Hair Vigor. To-day my
hair Is 90 inches long, fine, strong, and
healthy"
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Williamson, Davidson College, Mecklen-
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It is an excellent preservative."
ny the use of Ayers Hair Vigor, Geo.
D A. Dadman, Waterloo, Mo., had
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gray. He writes: "Only four bottles Of
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hair to lis youthful color and quantity"
rcryIn Ayers Hair Vigor cures dis
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soft and pliable."
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TOLEDO & OHIO CENT. R =
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HUDSON FITCH,
Gen1 Ticket Agent.
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By Using

Ayers Pills. They have done me more
good than any other medicine l have ever
faken., John Burdett, Troy, Iowa,
writes: ''For nearly two years my life
was rendered miserable by the horrors Of
Dyspepsia. Medical treatment afforded
me only temporary relief, and 1 became
reduced in flesh, ard very much debili-
tated. A friend of mine, who had been
similarly afflicted, advised me TO try
Ayers Pills. / did so, and with the
happiest results. My food soon ceased to
distress me. my appetite returned. and l
BECAME As strong and well rs ever.-
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NEW
Meat Market.
CENTENNIAL BLOCK.

ell n Daily Meat Market in the Centennial
Block, east Main street, where they VIII
keep the choicest of Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal
Lamb, Sausage, Bologna, ETC., and invite
the people 10 give them q call. The best OF
Meats Mt rock bottom prices, can always
be had of MENlZLErs q ~
Nov25, lSS6-ly
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INDIGESTION

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appetite, and remove the horrible depres-
sion and dependency which result from
Indigestion, there is nothing so effective
as Ayers Pills. These Pills contain no
calomel or other poisonous drug, act
directly on the digestive and assimilative
organs, and restore health and strength to
the entire system. T. p. Bonner, Chester,
Ps., writes: 81 have used Ayers Pills
for the past 80 years, and am satisfied
/ should not have been alive to-day, If it
had not been for them. They
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-03-10

was walking in Savannah, past church do
cayed and dim,
When there slowly through the window came
plaIntive funeral hymn;
And n sympathy awakened, and a wonder
quickly grew.
Till found myself environed In a little negro
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-14

The bedrooms in all the Norwegian
inns arc the same small boxes, not large
enough to swings chair in. Through
out Norway the beds are the same mar
row collins, no wider than "a steamer
perth, with the same high sides, presum :
ably to keep one from falling out,
If he should incautiously move or turn
during the night. To add to the TOR
ment of these berths, the pillow is q
fiat feather thing that you could put in
your pocket, and beneath it Turks broad
wedge-shapcd bolster arrangement that
keeps one sliding down to the footboard,
unless he can retain his place by bracing
at full length at an angle and attitude
that the human frame only assumes on
an undertaker's orr dissecting table. In
one Norwegian inn where the busting
maid wanted to do her kindest she put a
wedge at the head and foot of my berth,
and dreamed that lay in o hammock
that touched the ground. The white
spread that covers the bed in the day
time like pail, on sheet on sweeping
day, is carefully put away at night, and
one struggles with quilts and blankets
that are always too short and too wide
for the narrow bunk, and can never be
made fast to the footboard. These arc
minor things, however, that one con-
tends with everywhere in the towns, vii
lagos and on frequent roads, and he must
go off the beaten track to find the true
Norwegian bed that is only four feet long,
very narrow and built into tho side of
the room, wheretit can be shut up like a
cupboard all day Long. At Nystucn
there was an exacting Englishman six
feet in stature who insisted on seeing the
beds before he would take his traps off
his carriolc. He found them many inches
too short for his gaunt frame, and drove
on to the next place Tor the night.
Globe Democrat.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-14
Relics ofthe Holy City.

a very beautiful sculptured capital
has just been received from the holy
city by the Palestine exploration fund.
tits in white marble, and is double
capital, showing by this popularity Of
form that it surnountel double col
umn. 1t is 10 10 inches long, 10 "a
inches wide and 10 IA inches high. It
is pure Byzantine in its style, having
small volutcs, as most Byzantine capt.
tails have; below are leaves, very beau
tiful in form and exquisitcly cut; tho
serrated edges of the leaves are enriched
with a succession of holes, which have
been drilled deeply. Although conven-
tional in form, it may be supposed that
the leaves represent those Of the vine,
for there are also represented at regular
intervals punches Of grapes. We know
from Josephus and the Talmud that the
vine was an important decoration of
the temple; the gate is described as
having been decorated with one in gold,
bearing clusters Of grapes This con
nection of the vine with the temple, as
well as the scriptural symbolism attached
to tic ''true vine, !" may, no doubt, have
made itta favorite ornamentation with
the carly Christians Of Jerusalem. Lon
don Ne1s.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-14
knowing whom to Kick.
The late Colonel McClung of

The late Colonel McClung, of Missis-
sippi, once got into dispute in the
office Of the Prentiss House, at Vicks,
burg, with q rowdy, when, to end the
matter without further delay, he took
the rowdy by the "nape Of the neck, =
led him to the door, and kicked him
into the street. The kickee picked him
selfup, walked away, and there the mat
ter ended. Some weeks afterward Nc
C.ung was in New Orleans, and, when
walking up st. Charles street. saw the
fellow he had kicked out Of the Prentiss
House kicking third party out of q
drinking saloon. McClung walked up
to his old acquaintance. once kickee,
but now the kicker, and, scanning him
closely, said: "Look here, my fine fell
low, are you not the man ! kicked out
Of the Prentiss House the other dayg''
Softly, softly, colonel" replied the
rowdy, taking McCiung by the arm
don't mention tim tho lnnn--but-
but-you and I know who to kick -.
~ Q. Picayuae.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-14
One Law Ito Couldn't Override.

Matt Carpenter did not always bear
an adverse decision with equanimity.
One afternoon when the Supreme Court
Of Wisconsin had decided several cases
against him, and as he thought against
the law as well, Carpenter was walking
down the hill in particularly savage
mood with Judge Luther Dixon, ofthe
Supreme Court, when the latter slipped
on rolling stone and fell heavily to the
ground. Carpenter walked on step or
two and Their turned around toFwatch
the efforts Of the wise man to get on his
feet. Il am glad, Luther" he finally
said, THAT there is one law you can't
override the law Of grayitation. -
Itiladelphia Times.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-14
The Oldest Military Body in the world.


At q court of assistance Of the Honora-
Bile Artillery Company held at Armory
House, Finsbury, on Monday last, it was
resolved, on motion of Capt. Woolmer-
Williams, THAT the court at its next
meeting do take into consideration the
best means Of celebrating the S5Oth an
niyersary Of the incorporation Of the
regiment, occurring on August %,
1897 1t is understood that the event
will be made the occasion for great fes-
tivitics, which will lie attended By a
representative number of the members
of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company Of Boston, United States, an
.'offshoot" Of the regiment which was
founded by a member Of the Honorable
Artillery Company Of London, who emil
grated to Boston in 1854 hundred
and one years after the incorporation Of
the parent stem by royal charter, Of
Henry VIII London Court Journal.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-14

Intemperance in diet, indulgence Ia
the excessive use Of alcoholic drinks, too
little bodily exercise in the open air
these are the more important of the
causes which bring on corpulcnce. As
muscular exercise increases the produc-
ton of flesh, inaction leads to an excess
i've deposit Of fat. Alcohol acts in a
manner precisely similar to that Of fats,
sugars, and starches. It interfercs with
the destruction or combustion of the fat
producing materials, prevents them from
undergoing combustion, as it is more
easily destroyed by oxygen than they
are. Certain diseases, such as any in
reference with the formation or devel-
cpment Of the red blood corpuscles, the
oxygen carriers, increase the disposition
to the deposit OF fat. The oxygen may
enter the lungs, but without these car
riers it lis unable to reach the tissue
where combustion ordinarily takes
place.
The dangers of corpulence arc many
fold. All di eases accompanied by high
fever arc apt to follow an unusually ma
ignant course in fat persons. The heat
developed in these affections cannot be
90 readily lost by radiation or conduction
- in the lean. The cold bath, the cold
pack, and all sorts Of cooling measures
fail to readily reduce the temperature,
and the fever is, in itself, serious source
Of uanger. The skin is constantly bathed
in perspiration on slight e1ertion or
wien the external temperature rises.
Hence skin diseases are common and
often intensely annoying among the cor
pulent. The breathing is interfered with
BY the accumulated fat, so breathlcss-
ness on exertion is common among them.
The frequency Of perspirations leaves
the surface exposed to chilling influences
which cause coughs, colds, bronchitis,
and pneumonia. The overlooking of the
heart with fat interferes with its action,
20 that palpitations and sudden faint
ness from partial failure Of this organ to
do its duty are not infrequent. The
extra weight that has to be carried en-
tails muscular exhaustion on exertion
such as is not felt by the thin person.
The discomforts and dangers Of
obesity You'd fl a much larger cata-
loguc, but it is not necessary to enum-
crate them all here. Globe Democrat
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-14
Mexican Scenery.

General jackson, ex-minister to.
Mexico, says: "The scenery Of Mexico.
exceeds anything in the world that has.
ever come under my observation, either
on this continent or in Europe. The
city Of Mexico is 7400 feet above the
level of the sea. It is in what is called
the cold country. Next to it, toward
the gulf, is the temperate country, and
from there one passes into tue hot coun-
try. The country about Jalapa was pro-
nounccd by Humboldt the garden spot
of the world. It is distinguished from
all other grand and beautiful scenery in
the world by the fact that at the foot Of
Mount Orizava there reigns perpetual
summer, while the mountain itself rises
into the region Of eternal snow. have
seen the mountains Of Switzerland, but
] never saw one that thought compare
blein grandeur and beauty to Orizava.
] have watched upon an orange tree the
development of the fruit from the bud.
through the blossom, to the ripe orange,
there in the very sight OF tho snow
covered mountains. | have drunk ice-
water flowing from Orizaya, and at the
same time had in reach splendid ripe
pine-apples.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-14

A well at Yakutsk, Siberia, was many
years ago sunk Ss2 feet without pene-
trating the frozen ground, which re-
cent estimate, based on temperatures
taken at various depths, shows must ex-
tended 612 feet below the surface.
DR.. Warren, an associate Of the Wash
ington pathological Department Of the
Agricultural Bureau, says that hawks
and owls feed on mice and insects, and
not on poultry as has been commonly
supposed In examining number of
the stomachs of these birds he found no
poultry.
The problem Of aerial navigation is to-
be attacked by means Of balloon Of
colossal size, which is said 10 be nearly
completed in Berlin. It is to be 500
feet in length, so feet IN diameter, and to
weigh As, 900 pounds. Two steam en-
gines Of fifty horse power each are to
furnish propelling power.
According to Prof j. Norman Lock-
yer, the English astronomer, the total
number of stars Of which some knowl-
edge can be gained with the optical aid
now available, is from 40, 600, 900 to
so, 000, 600. Only about 5000 are visible
to the naked eye, 5000 in the northern
hemisphere and 5000 in the southern.
Z I. ( -. Il 5
One pound Of coal, according to recent
franklin Institute tests, will yield an
amount of light averaging $50 candles
with the electric arc light (about sixty
per cent. of this glass shades are used),
twenty candles with incandescent and
fourteen to seventeen candles with gas.
In this estimate it is assumed that steam
coal is burned under good boiler for
the electric lights, and that the gas is
obtained from bituminous coal.
Russian geographers report that nu
merous lakes in Siberia, chiefly in III
Tobolsk and Tomsk provinces, are rap
idly drying up, and that villages now
stand omspots covered by extensive sheets
Of water 100 years ago. Lake Tche-
bakly has shown the most remark able
change, its area being $50 square miles
century ago, while it now consists Of
three small ponds, the largest covering
not more than five or six square miles.
Prof. Fischer Of Munich, after an ex-
tended research on the nature and prop.
critics Of quinine, has discovered that
substance may be extracted from coal
tar that exercises on til. human organ
ism an action identical with that of quiz
nine. The substance appears as white
crystalline powder. Administered in
cases of fever, it has the effect of rapidly
lowering the temperature, and its eff
cacy in this respect is stated to be SO re-
markable as to permit the use Of ice to
be dispensed with; in the stomach, the
wonderful powder assimilates with even
greater facility than does quinine.
Knowing Whom IN Klck
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-14
Market Reports.

Pens and paper arc stationery.
Cutlery is very dull.
Cheese firm and fairly active,
Butter-7strong, but inclined to be
slippery.
Whiskey lively and unsteady.
Hops lively and active.
Gunpowder--inclined to be rising.
Eggs opened strong. Rambler.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-14
She Was Bu .iness.

Il would do anything for you,' he
murmured as he clasped her once more
to his heart.
''Anythingap she asked softly.
Anything. Put me to the test.
will give my life if you wish it.
oh, but Ciarencer' she cried in tones
Of joy and grief, in proportion Of two
parts Of JOY toaone Of grief. lyon will
ret your life insured first land in my
favor, won't you deaF.S'
IN less than two minutes Clarence was
making time down the avenue to pro-
pose to another girl. = Mercadat 1racelcr
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-14
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.


Ramon vejar, Of Pomona, Gal, killed.
four-legged quail.
It is estimated that there are 70, 900
acres Of grape vinesi in California.
IN Germany the land devotedto ,agri-
culture amounts to 7s, 4o5, 600 acres.
Escaping BY the ..skin Of his teeth Is
a phrase derived from the bible. In the
book Of job we find these words: 81 am
escaped with the skin of my teeth. =
TWAS common notion in old times
that the young lapwings ran out of their
shell with part Of it sticking on their
heads, in such haste were they to be
Matched.
1t is said that bees and insects gener.
ally took note of the recent earthquakes
in South Carolina, stopping their
motions and chirping on the first rumble,
and resuming as soon as the vibrations
arc over.
The pastima Of hawking was some-
times called birding. In the merry
Wives IF Windsor Master Page says:
Il do invite you tomorrow to my house
to breakfast; after which, we'll birding
together; have fine hawk for the
bush.n
It has been supposed that tho mama
columbia" was first used in America III
IT'S, but Colonel Albert H. Hoyt has
found it in a volume Of the poems COM
posed in 1851, mostly BY Harvard
graduates, in honor of George III, and
the commemoration Of George II.
A newly discovered Mexican flower is I
quite wonder, il reports are true. It
is said to be white in the morning, red n
at noon, and blue at night; and is fur !.
Their credited with emitting perfume
only at the middle Of the day. II grows
on a tree of the Isthmus of Tehuante pee.
To kick the bucket comes to us
from Lincolnshire, England. In that
Locality pulley is yariously known as J.
q .'buckler' and 'sbuckct." When
pigs are killed they are hung by their
hind legs on bucket" with their
heads downward, and oxen are hauled
up in similar manner. When swine or
cattle are thus placed they are said to !.
have kicked the bucket 81
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Newsbos. ana nootblacks.

Ny extensive dealings with both news
boys and bootblacks have convinced me
that there is no honcster class than they
The other day gave a newsboy fifty cents
to change, and he went from place to place
until he was out of sight, but seemingly
could not get the change. In little while
he came painting up the street with the
change and said he was sorry to keep me
waiting The fellow with the swell boot
blacking estab blishment borrowed my knife
to scrape the real estate off my shoes, and
i went away and forgot it. He handed it
over next day without murmur. Some
times the boys haven't change and some
times haven't, but we repose mutual
confidence in each other and never get
cheated:
There is lame newsboy from whom
generally buy my evening papers, He
seems to have an implicit trust in my hon
esty that have always admired and won
dered at, for fatter myself know my
self much better than he does. He is
gruf, but exceedingly honest. One time
bought the two papers from him and
gave him five cents. He did not have the
one cent change. He said he would pay
it next day. I thought at the time he
wouldn't, but said nothing. Next day I
left for Europe. i was gone eight months,
and constant association with the mon
archs Of that variegated continent gradu-
ally obliterated that one cent from my
mind. The day after got back was
sitting in my Office when he hobbled in,
and in the calmest manner, as if it were a
mere trifle, laid down the coin Oh my desk
and said, sHere's your cent. ."-Luke
Sharp in Detroit Free Press.